Padma Awards 2026: Full list of awardees includes Dharmendra, Harmanpreet Kaur, Piyush Pandey

President Droupadi Murmu presented the Padma Awards 2026 during the Civil Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, recognising outstanding contributions made by personalities across cinema, sports, public affairs, literature, education, medicine, trade and social service. The Padma Awards are among India’s highest civilian honours and are presented every year to individuals for exceptional achievements in their respective fields. This year, the Union government announced 131 awardees across the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri categories. Several prominent personalities from entertainment, sports and business were honoured during the ceremony held in the presence of dignitaries and invited guests.

Prominent names honoured at Padma Awards 2026

Veteran actor Dharmendra was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan for his contribution to Indian cinema, with Hema Malini accepting the honour on his behalf. Advertising veteran Piyush Pandey received the Padma Bhushan, while Indian women’s cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur was conferred the Padma Shri for her achievements in cricket.

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Other notable recipients included Malayalam superstar Mammootty, singer Alka Yagnik, actor R Madhavan, Prosenjit Chatterjee and former CRPF Director General K Vijay Kumar. The ceremony also recognised achievers from fields such as literature, medicine, social work and education, highlighting the diversity of talent and service celebrated through the Padma Awards.

Full list of winners -

Padma Shri:

Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, former UGC Chairman - Literature and Education

K Pajanivel - Traditional martial arts

Satyanarayan Nuwal, Solar Group chairman-Defence manufacturing ecosystem

Kailash Chandra Pantenior, senior journalist

Praveen Kumar, Paralympic gold medalist

Harmanpreet Kaur, Indian women's cricket team captain

R. Krishnan Kitna (Posthumous)

Prof. (Dr.) Lars-Christian Koch

HV Hande

Gafaruddin Mewati Jogi

Mir Haji Kasam

Raghuvir Khedkar

Prosenjit Chatterjee

Devaki Amma G

Ramchandra Godbole & Suneeta Godbole (Duo)

Techi Gubin

Ratilal Mohanlal Borisagar

Kumar Bose

Janardan Bapurao Bothe

Swami Brahamdev

Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous)

Bharat Singh Bharti

Taga Ram Bheel

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Uday Sureshkumar Kotak

Vijay Kumar Malhotra (Posthumous)

Padma Vibhushan

Late Dharmendra, legendary actor

Dr. N. Rajam

Padma Bhushan

Late Piyush Pandey, advertising legend

Dr. Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy